Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-17
AN ENGLlsH LABOR LEADER.
The Address n Mr. Dreamer, M. Pc, He.
fore the carpenters' Union.

An open meeting was held last evening at Mt.
Vernon Hall, 9TH and New York avenue, by
Carpenters Union, No. 100, Brotherhood OF Car
penters and Joiners Delegates from nearly every
branch Of trade wee present, the object being TO
receive some Of the ulcers and delegates TO the
National Federation " Labor In session In Balti-
more. AFTER waiting sne time for the visitors from
Baltimore, Mr.. GabrieEdmonston called the meet
ing TO order and apolo,ized for the absence OF Mr.
Mcclure and Mr.. Corners, whose duties In Balti-
more detained them here. He. however had
brought over from Baltimore Mr. w. r. Creamer
memo.r OF the British prliament, who would ad-
Mr.. Creamer made Al address nearly an hour
long In an easy, or-handnanner He said that In
Great Britain the conditio OF the working people
had been much improved n twenty years. They
had found there that by unity the workingmen
could DO much towards eiancipating themselves.
In England the trades whib had no organization
We're the worst on. What sas agitating the Eng
lish workmen now was the roposed worlds labor
eenvention 70 ne held IN the all OF next year when
labor from ten, eleven and Twelve per day They
could not understand how lrge number OF Gods
creatures escaped the curse oAdam. II all could
be made 10 labor about six hurs q day IL would
suffice. There were TOO manydrones and IL was
proposed 70 reduce the hours toight. some years
ago the workmen In England reduced the hours
and then secured q raise OF wages and he had OBJ
served that when short hours tele the rule the
wages were higher, and rtee resd as Is the case
possible that such demand wouldyucseed here and
also In France. In the latter oun.ry he found
that great element OF success, dicottent, among
the right OF suffrage some 2, OOO, 90 men being yet
without n vote but those who haA a vote would
tell the politician, IF you vote for1s We win vote
for you"
ON MISSION OF PEAc,
The Immediate object OF his visit Q this country
Was In the interest OF peace by arvtratlon. He
had noticed that all the great advnces In this
world were made In times OF peace, al the object
was TO prevent war. The idea hadteen scoffed,
a anS iII sns
now the eminent American citizen, sullivan IS De-
ing escorted through Great Britain by lhalf dozen
peers de hoped however, that theiwould not
were such men as England could am TO lose
The masesOf the people OF France andGermany
were anxious, he said, ior peace. IL waShe press
Of Europe which kept up the excitement. III arbi-
tratiOn was the rule, then much OF the situation
that gr Ovs out Of the rumors OF war wlld not
prevail IL was the workingmen who wertnOstly
eoncernsd ior the cost OF wa: found ltssay 10
usually after the night.
THE COST OF WAR
In Europe can be Imagined by the fact thatpur-
ufths Of the taxes 90 10 the army and nayy.and
war de,'ts. lie had been surprised when lathe
United States senate he heard a propostiO. 10
Use the surplus In the Treasury In building nm
elads. England had had some experience Nh
frOnclais- Tney cost about 8, 900 90 each, anhe
nrst they heard Of them was that they Wa
sunk In collision. Why l. II necessary to strength
your s-a-cOast? There Is not nation OF Euro
that, after what they had learned some twens
years ago, would attempt TO invade the Unite
states. lie was satisfied that II the United STATE
and Great Britain make treaty providing for al
Duration II would not be long before othe
nations would adopt II, FOR the people would cou
pei its adoption. In this they would only be cal
Tying out the plan usual with trades unions. VI
Creamer. AT the close Of the meeting. returned
Baltimore